Device for holding pillow-shams.



M. P. PRAKES.

DEVICE FOR HOLDING PILLOW BEAMS,

'Arrmonmx nun 11mm, 1910.

978,148. Patented Dec. 13', 1910.

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MATTIE F. FRAKES, 0F PORTLAND, OREGON.

DEVICE FOR HOLDING PILLOW-SHAMS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 13, 1910.

Application filed February 2, 1910. Serial No. 541,517.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MATTIE F. FRAKEs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Devices for HoldingPillow-Shams, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists primarily of clamps, one set on each side of thebed which clamp the bed posts, thereby, holding the device at anydesired height and also at the same time clamping the slde bars to holdthem at any desired angle, two side bars to which are attached crosstelescoping members, and on the upper side of one of these bars, aseries of pins over which the pillow sham may be hung, thereby holdingthe shams secure in the position desired.

The rimary object to be accomplished is to disp ay the shams to the bestadvantage in the day time and at night to raise them out of the waywithout removing them from their holder. I attain these objects by themechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 isa front elevation of the device in its extended position; Fig. 2 is aside elevation of the pillow sham holder in position on the bed; in thefull line drawing it is in the extended position, whereas in the dottedline position it is out of the way; Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail frontelevation similar to that of Fig. 1 except that it is shown in detail;Fig. 4. is a detail side elevation of mechanism shown in Fig. 3.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

1 is the bed post to which clamp 2 is secured, thereby holding thedevice at any desired height thereon; this clamp is pivoted about setscrew 3 thereby permitting of the raising and lowering of the device. 4.is another set screw passing through the clamp and is for the purpose oflocking the device in any desired position.

5 and 6 are the cross bars on the upper side having a screw 7 secured to5 and operating in slot 8 in the bar 6; the object being to make thedevice adjustable to any size or width of bed.

9 is the upper end of the side of the device pivoted about set screw 3and having a collar as shown at 10; when cross bars 5 and 6 are put inplace upon these side bars nut 11 is put in place, thereby clamping 5and 6 in their res ective positlons. 12 1s a smaller section of theseupper side bars. 13 and 14: are also cross bars passing through the sidebars and having screwed on their outer end nuts 13 and 14;; these crossbars also have collars on their inner side 13 and 14. to hold these barsalso in their respective positions. The lower sections 15 are connectedby the cross bars 16 and 17 passing therethrough and telescoping; thesecross bars have collars near their outer ends and pass through lowerside bar 15 and terminating with nuts 17 a and 18 on their outer ends.

I am aware that prior to my invention pillow sham holders have been usedand I do not claim my invention broadly, but

I do claim- In a device of the class described, the combination withadjustable post clamps, of stub rods pivotally connected thereto andindependently detachable therefrom, said stub rods having collars formedadjacent the lower terminals thereof, jointed side rods detachablysecured to said stub rods, an adjustable upper horizontal bar clampedbetween said collars and the side bars, formed of a plurality of barshaving slidable dovetailed connections, a lower adjustable horizontalbar interposed between the lower terminals of the side rods, anintermediate adjustable horizontal bar interposed between the joints ofthe said side rods and forming pivots thereof, and stops carried by thelower sections of said side rods adapted to bear against the uppersections thereof when the device is in its operative position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I hereunto attach mysignature in the presence of two witnesses.

MATTIE F. FRAKES.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH A. FRAKES, ARTHUR R. BARNETT.

